Pygmy Collection

Skeleton of Negrillo or pigmy
A skeleton of a female pygmy from the Akka Tribe, Monnattu, central Africa. Specimen presented by Dr Emin Pasha, 1887. Photograph by J Benjamin Stone in 1907

Silky anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, and giant
Silky anteater or pygmy anteater, Cyclopes didactylus, and giant anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla (vulnerable). Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies

Silky anteater and black tamandua
Silky anteater or pygmy anteater (Azaras cagouare), Cyclopes didactylus, and black tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla. From Felix de Azaras Voyages dans l Amerique Meridionale, 1801

Flaming sword, Vriesea splendens (Tillandsia splendens). Chromolithograph from an illustration by B. Herincq from Edward Steps Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse, Frederick Warne, London, 1896

Pygmy iris, Iris pumila (Two-flowered flower de luce, Iris biflora) Iris nudicaulis on plate. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley

Silky anteater or pygmy anteater, Cyclopes didactylus. Myrmecophaga didactyla Linn. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Tyroff after an illustration by J.D

Batess pygmy antelope and anoa (critically endangered)
Batess pygmy antelope, Neotragus batesi, and anoa or midget buffalo, Bubalus depressicornis (critically endangered). Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de

Yellow-capped pygmy parrot and groove-billed ani
Yellow-capped pygmy parrot, Micropsitta keiensis, male and female, and groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Rene Primevere Lessons Complements de

Tawny-crowned pygmy tyrant, Euscarthmus meloryphus (Rufus-crowned tody, Lepturus ruficeps). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William

Eared pygmy tyrant, Myiornis auricularis (Great-headed tody, Todus megacephalus). Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after an illustration by William Swainson from Sir William Jardines

Pygmy marmoset, Cebuella pygmaea (Leonine tamarin, Midas leonina). Handcoloured steel engraving by W.H. Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from Sir William Jardines Naturalists Library

Pygmy parrot, Micropsitta pusio, and black-capped lory, Lorius lorry. Handcoloured steel engraving after an illustration by Adolph Fries from Felix-Edouard Guerin-Menevilles Dictionnaire Pittoresque

White woodpecker and Philippine pygmy woodpecker
White woodpecker, Melanerpes candidus, Philippine pygmy woodpecker, Yungipicus maculatus, male and female. Handcoloured steel engraving by du Casse after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Pygmy musk of Sumatra, Moschus pygmaeus. Handcoloured engraving drawn and engraved by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from a specimen at Exeter Change from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Pygmy three-toed sloth, Bradypus pygmaeus. Critically endangered. Three toe d sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, var. Two feet one inch in length. Illustration drawn and engraved by Thomas Landseer

Pygmy hunters of the Welle, Belgian Congo, Central Africa
Six pygmy hunters of the Welle district, Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), Central Africa. Shown standing in a row, aiming their poison arrows. Date: 1922

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Group of African Pygmies - Bokane (Chief), Kuarke (Princess), Mongonga, Mafutiminga, Matuka and Amuriape. Colonel James Harrison returned in 1905 to England (from the Congo) with these six pygmies

Kenya, Africa - Old Man from pygmy tribe Date: circa 1910s

Central African Pygmies
Pygmy warriors from Central Africa, possibly from the Mbuti or Bambuti tribes, one of several indigenous pygmy groups in the Congo region of Africa

Colonel J J Harrisons African Pygmies
Colonel Harrisons African Pygmies - brought to the UK to be shown on stage as persons of exotic interest! About a million people saw them before they left for the rain forests of the Congo in

Pygmy musk deer or royal antelope, Moschus pygmaeus.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany, 1800

Pygmy Hippopotamus

Pygmy OWL - sits in tree (Glaucidium passerinum). Ural mountains, Russia

Kogia breviceps, pygmy sperm whale
Photograph of the skull of a pygmy sperm whale

Varanus eremius and Varanus gilleri
Rusty desert monitor (Varanus eremius) and pigmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleri). Plate 8 from Report of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia (1896)

Afgican Pygmies
African Pygmies of the Mbuti Tribe from the Ituri Tribe Date: circa 1910s

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